Saki is a great author – I think he’s due for a re-discovery. He’s a humorist author that wrote around the turn of the century, but his biting wit and description of high society social foibles is timeless. Here’s a clip:<\/p>\n
Clovis continued, \u201cMy mother is thinking of getting married.\u201d<\/p>\n
His host responded, \u201cAgain!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course, you ought to know. I was under the impression that she\u2019d been married once or twice at least.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThree times, to be mathematically exact. I meant that it was the first time she\u2019d thought about getting married; the other times she did it without thinking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Saki is a great author – I think he’s due for a re-discovery. He’s a humorist author that wrote around the turn of the century, but his biting wit and description of high society social foibles is timeless. Here’s a clip: Clovis continued, \u201cMy mother is thinking of getting married.\u201d His host responded, \u201cAgain!\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s the first time.\u201d \u201cOf course, you ought to know. I was under the impression that she\u2019d been married once or twice at least.\u201d \u201cThree times,…<\/p>\n